Cardiff City have asked the FA to
investigate video evidence of Crystal
Palace defender Claude Davis apparently
elbowing Roger Johnson in the throat.

Johnson fell in a crowded penalty box
just before half-time and players from
both sides urged medics on to the field
amid fears he had swallowed his tongue.

The defender was coughing up blood
and stayed in hospital on Saturday night
for observation.

Joe Ledley won Cardiff's decisive first-half penalty - but Claude Davis' alleged elbow on Bluebirds defender Roger Johnson was the major talking point at Selhurst Park

Davis, on loan at Palace from Derby,
was not booked by referee Russell Booth,
but Cardiff chairman Peter Ridsdale
said: ‘In our opinion, the challenge looks
deliberate and malicious.

'If that had happened
off the field of play, the police
would have been asked to look at it with
a view to considering assault charges.’

Palace manager Neil Warnock said it
was an ‘accident’, while Paddy McCarthy
denied Davis was a malicious player.

McCarthy said: ‘He hasn’t done an
awful lot. Things happen at corners with
arms and legs flying everywhere and the
lad’s just run into his arm.’

But Cardiff manager Dave Jones had to
be separated from Davis by Palace stewards
as the teams went to the dressing
rooms at half-time.

Jones and Warnock
were sent to the stands for the second half.

The visitors deservedly went ahead after
19 minutes later when Nathaniel Clyne
pulled down Joe Ledley in the box and
Ross McCormack converted the penalty.

Palace had the better of the second half
and had two penalty appeals turned
down, but McCormack guaranteed
Cardiff the points as he cut inside from
the right and shot into the bottom left hand
corner deep into stoppage time.

Warnock said: ‘The referee said he was
sending Dave and me to the stands to
calm the situation down.